The Impacts of Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions Support and Behaviour Change - Hardcover

Dwyer, Peter; Scullion, Lisa; Jones, Katy; McNeill, Jenny; B.R. Stewart, Alasdair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447320115 ISBN 13: 9781447320111

Publisher: Policy Press, 2023

Synopsis

In recent years, the term social innovation, or SI, has entered mainstream policy discourse; broadly construed, SI refers to pioneering, effective solutions to social problems that benefit society at large rather than individuals. This book explores the full meaning of SI and what it offers to people analyzing social policy, including the origins and background of the concept, the reasons for its rise to prominence, and the ways it has thus far been applied. Does it actually represent a significant departure in theory or practice, or is it merely a rhetorical change? Simone Baglioni and Stephen Sinclair offer here a rich analysis of the concept that will enable practitioners to reach informed conclusions.

About this title

About the Author:

Simone Baglioni is a lecturer in politics at Glasgow Caledonian University. Stephen Sinclair is a reader in social policy in the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Review:

"This book puts the key concept of social innovation to the test by critically reviewing state of the art scholarly research and practice related case studies." (Annette Zimmer, University of Münster, Germany)

About this edition

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 1447320115
• ISBN 13: 9781447320111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228